Drag stars the Boulet Brothers (aka as Dracmorda Boulet and Swanthula Boulet) are probably best known for their horror themed drag contest Dragula. Halfway to Halloween is a TV special created exclusively for Shudder and released in May 2023 (half way… you get the picture) that is actually a variety and sketch show. It was directed by The Boulet Brothers with both Nathan Noyes and Michael Varrati directing segments.
I was a little shocked, as I watched it, that there was a lot less drag than I thought there would be. In fact they have a large number of celebrity appearances including Kevin Smith, Matthew Lillard and Barbara Crampton. With a range of comedy-based sketches covering a range of the horror genre.
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The segment that brings about this mention is one staring Dracmorda and Swanthula. In black and white with intertitles, and deliberately looking like a stage, we see them take a blindfolded and bound man by boat to where their coffins are. They feed on him and retreat into their coffins. Within they transform into bat creature type vamps who drive and sing (mime) to Rasputina’s track Transylvanian Concubine.
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That’s it, a musical number but with some great visuals (the coffins are fabulous), but no real story as such. It’s pure horror drag done for the small screen.
The imdb page is here.
On Demand @ Shudder via Amazon UK
On Demand @ Shudder via Amazon US
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